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Obama: We knew health costs would go up
The Hill ^ | Sept 10, 2010 | Mike Lillis

Posted on 09/11/2010 9:51:49 PM PDT by SmartInsight

President Obama on Friday defended the Democrats' healthcare law, saying the enormous expansion of insurance coverage made an increase in healthcare spending inevitable.

"As a consequence of us getting 30 million additional people healthcare, at the margins that's going to increase our costs - we knew that," the president told reporters during a White House press conference.

"We didn't think that we were going to cover 30 million people for free."

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bark0liar; congress; democratcorruption; democrats; economy; fail; government; governmentcontrol; healthcare; healthcarecosts; liberalfascism; lyingdawg; obama; obamacare; obamalies; socialism; socialisthealthcare; socializedmedicine; spending
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If he and the Dems KNEW this all along, why were they LYING to the American people for the past year and a half, telling us it will REDUCE costs?!
1 posted on 09/11/2010 9:51:52 PM PDT by SmartInsight
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To: SmartInsight

This guy has all the gall in the world; a bold faced prevaricator. He should get his ass handed to him, electorally.


2 posted on 09/11/2010 9:53:39 PM PDT by Nonstatist
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To: SmartInsight

Keeping the cost of care per person constant is not the same as treating new people “for free.” Obama is either disingenuous or stupid. Of course if you cover more people your overall cost will go up ... but it appears that the cost per person covered will go up ... “we knew that.”

I’m going with disingenuous.


3 posted on 09/11/2010 9:56:01 PM PDT by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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To: SmartInsight

“WE FOOLED YA!” - Baraq Hussein Obama


4 posted on 09/11/2010 9:56:33 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Algore is a politician and a con artist. He is NOT a scientist.)
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To: SmartInsight

Dec. 15, 2009:

Obama said health care reform will reduce the cost of health care

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2009/dec/18/barack-obama/obama-said-health-care-reform-will-reduce-cost-hea/

“We agree on reforms that will finally reduce the costs of health care,” Obama said.”

Now, I just want to repeat this because there’s so much misinformation about the cost issue here. You talk to every health care economist out there and they will tell you that whatever ideas are — whatever ideas exist in terms of bending the cost curve and starting to reduce costs for families, businesses, and government, those elements are in this bill.”


5 posted on 09/11/2010 9:56:54 PM PDT by SmartInsight (Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote. ~ G. J. Nathan)
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To: SmartInsight; Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; ...

The list, ping

Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list

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6 posted on 09/11/2010 9:57:09 PM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: SmartInsight
Does anyone have a specific date where he said this would not happen?

I'll create another one of these, but with the appropriate captions.


7 posted on 09/11/2010 9:57:16 PM PDT by Cobra64
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To: SmartInsight

Unreal...


8 posted on 09/11/2010 9:58:02 PM PDT by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: Nonstatist

“prevaricator” you should send that to O’Reilly. When writing to The Factor, do not be a prevaricator.


9 posted on 09/11/2010 9:58:04 PM PDT by DTogo (High time to bring back the Sons of Liberty !!)
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To: Cobra64

Please see my post 5 with link and direct quote — Dec. 15, 2009


10 posted on 09/11/2010 9:59:58 PM PDT by SmartInsight (Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote. ~ G. J. Nathan)
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Is it not clear to even the most idiotic of liberals that oBama wants Government-run health care for all?

Who needs a flurry of printed words printed on their forehead? How can it be any more obvious?

11 posted on 09/11/2010 10:00:33 PM PDT by NoRedTape
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12 posted on 09/11/2010 10:00:38 PM PDT by garjog
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To: SmartInsight

“President Obama on Friday defended the Democrats’ healthcare law, saying the enormous expansion of insurance coverage made an increase in healthcare spending inevitable.”
____________________________________________________________

I hope your lying tongue rots out of your mouth.


13 posted on 09/11/2010 10:00:52 PM PDT by Artcore
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To: SmartInsight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_OzLHKFN5s


14 posted on 09/11/2010 10:02:20 PM PDT by terjon
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To: All

This is what it’s really all about.

Implementing Obamacare: A New Exercise in Old-Fashioned Central Planning

http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2010/09/Implementing-Obamacare-A-New-Exercise-in-Old-Fashioned-Central-Planning

The structure of the health care system will be determined by one central authority, reducing flexibility and denying Americans the ability to make their own choices. Americans will have to obtain health insurance and health care based on what the federal government deems best for them.


15 posted on 09/11/2010 10:02:34 PM PDT by SmartInsight (Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote. ~ G. J. Nathan)
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To: FlingWingFlyer
“WE FOOLED YA!” - Baraq Hussein Obama

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He lies about every detail that slithers out of his mouth.

Obama is doing just what he planned with the economy. His goals are in sight. Everyone will either be employed by the government; dependent on the government or a lamp shade.

New regulations continue to penalize business. Obama Care has a new accounting nightmare, that requires a 1099 for all financial business transactions over $600. Another idiotic new degree by Obama is that you can't use criminal records in hiring. This directly conflicts with State law that makes an employer libel if he hires a felon.

obama-ice-cream1sm

16 posted on 09/11/2010 10:06:21 PM PDT by BobP (The piss-stream media - Never to be watched again in my house)
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To: SmartInsight

bump


17 posted on 09/11/2010 10:08:06 PM PDT by God luvs America (When the silent majority speaks the earth trembles!)
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To: SmartInsight

Bump for another 5 seats in the house.


18 posted on 09/11/2010 10:10:27 PM PDT by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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To: SmartInsight
"As a consequence of us getting 30 million additional people healthcare, at the margins that's going to increase our costs - we knew that," the president told reporters during a White House press conference. "We didn't think that we were going to cover 30 million people for free."

It was just politically expedient to lie about it.

Just like everything else that comes out of the slimeball-in-chief's mouth.

19 posted on 09/11/2010 10:11:18 PM PDT by TheClintons-STILLAnti-American
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To: SmartInsight
Thanks.


20 posted on 09/11/2010 10:13:59 PM PDT by Cobra64
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